The University of Richmond’s Modlin Arts Center has announced a spring-semester classical concert lineup featuring the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, joined by saxophonist Branford Marsalis; the trio of pianist Wu Han, violinist Philip Setzer and cellist David Finckel; the piano duo of Garrick Ohlsson and Kirill Gerstein; and double-bassist Edgar Meyer and The Scottish Ensemble.
UR faculty artists and student ensembles also will perform in free programs. Ticket registration in advance is required for those concerts.
The center’s Covid-19 safety protocol requires indoor masking regardless of vaccination status – masks will be provided on request at the box office – and physical distancing of six feet or more. Tickets are general admission, and seating in Camp Concert Hall is limited to 400 patrons. Program books will be available in digital versions.
Tickets are now available, and registration for free concerts may be made, by calling the Modlin Center box office at (804) 289-8980 or visiting the center’s website: http://modlin.richmond.edu
All performances are in Camp Concert Hall unless listed otherwise. Dates, times, programs (as announced to date, subject to change) and ticket prices:
Jan. 10 (7:30 p.m.)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
Rossini: “The Barber of Seville” Overture
Debussy: Rhapsodie for alto saxophone and orchestra
Ibert: “Concertino da Camera”
Turina: “La oración del torero”
Courtney Bryan: “Carmen, Jazz Suite on Themes by Bizet”
$40
Jan. 23 (3 p.m.)
Paul Hanson, piano & speaker
lecture-recital on Ives’ Piano Sonata No. 1
free; ticket registration required
Feb. 2 (7:30 p.m.)
Richard Becker, piano
works TBA by Liszt, Albéniz, Chopin
readings of Becker’s poems from forthcoming collection “On Sunday Afternoon”
free; ticket registration required
Feb. 9 (7:30 p.m.)
Lisa Terry, viola da gamba
Joanne Kong, harpsichord
works TBA by J.S. Bach, Telemann, Franz Xaver Chwatal, Hermann Gustav Jaeschke, David Loeb, Susan Matsui
free; ticket registration required
Feb. 18 (7:30 p.m.)
Wu Han, piano
Philip Setzer, violin
David Finckel, cello
Haydn: Piano Trio in D minor, Hob XV:23
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 70, No. 1 (“Ghost”)
Dvořák: Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65
$35
March 2 (7:30 p.m.)
Garrick Ohlsson & Kirill Gerstein, piano duo
Thomas Adès: “Powder Her Face” Suite
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
Feruccio Busoni: “Fantasia Contrappuntistica”
Ravel: “La Valse”
$35
March 20 (3 p.m.)
Doris Wylee-Becker, piano
works TBA by J.S. Bach, Schumann
free; ticket registration required
March 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Cannon Memorial Chapel
Bruce Stevens, organ
“Bach & His Friends and Successors”
works TBA by J.S. Bach, others
free; ticket registration required
April 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Ukrop Auditorium, Robins School of Business
Neumann Lecture on Music:
Robynn Stilwell, speaker
“Storyteller of the Shadowland: Marginalized Identity at the Roots of ‘Americana’ ”
free; ticket registration required
April 6 (7:30 p.m.)
UR Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Kordzaia conducting
program TBA
free; ticket registration required
April 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Edgar Meyer, double-bass & director
The Scottish Ensemble
Holst: “St. Paul’s Suite”
Meyer: Concert Duo, Movement 1
Meyer: new work TBA
Caroline Shaw: “Punctum”
J.S. Bach: viola da gamba sonata TBA
Vaughan Williams: “The Lark Ascending” (Adam Johnston arrangement)
$35
April 10 (3 p.m.)
UR Schola Cantorum & Women’s Chorale
Jeffrey Riehl directing
program TBA
free; ticket registration required
April 11 (7:30 p.m.)
UR Wind Ensemble
Steven Barton directing
works TBA by Bernstein, Barton, William Schuman, Jack Stamp, Vasily Kalinnikov, Leroy Anderson
free; ticket registration required
April 18 (7:30 p.m.)
UR Chamber Ensembles
program TBA
free; ticket registration required
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